I get occasional W/VE callers in the ARRL DX contests. Especially on SSB it is easy to politely tell these folks we can't work each other in this contest. When I do that they often thank me for telli
Well Marvin, sometimes you can't win. Many of the "big gun" stations figure it's faster to just work the guy (whether or not they log it) and keep going. If you're trying to maximize your rate, I can
Author: Maarten van Rossum <pd2r.maarten@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:10:28 +0100
I had several non W/VE stations calling us (PI4DX). Politely told them that I could not work them for this contest but that I would put them in a log if they wanted/needed the QSO. There was a YY sta
I work and log whomever calls. I know many of the W/VE stations needed Vermont on a band. It makes non-contesters feel good about what we do, and, it takes much less time to work them than to explain
Yes it seems to be getting worse. I was pestered by mostly W/K callers all weekend even when I operated outside the W/K band. I responded by "please no north america" and most left, with only a coupl
I agree with Gerry. I work anyone and everyone regardless. I heard one OP at K3LR calling "CQ DX" in his CQ message. This will make the one's that do not know any better think first before calling. I
I'm sure we all know that there are a lot of people out there who have no idea what any given contest is. If someone is just calling "CQ Contest," these other ops don't know the rules and think they
Being from a somewhat rare call area I literally have to hide outside the US phone bands or I get swamped with W/VE stations calling me. I'm always shocked at how many ops still call even if they're
I also said CQ DX in my contest CQ, unfortunately this does not stop the U.S. callers. John KK9A I agree with Gerry. I work anyone and everyone regardless. I heard one OP at K3LR calling "CQ DX" in h
Strongly agree. I always had a lot of stateside callers at W3USS (now defunct) where I operated this contest for years. They either recognized the call sign and wanted a QSL (which was a certificate
I just work them, it's the fastest way to get them out of the way. I only ran low hundred stations this past weekend but there were 4 or 5 non-point stations in the mix. The band where I did the runn
I spent many hours from P40A running Europe outside the US phone bands. A number of US stations still worked me. John KK9A Being from a somewhat rare call area I literally have to hide outside the US
I agree that the prudent thing to do is just work them. Usually you are very loud and they are trying to find someone to QSO. Unfortunately, working one guy usually encourages a whole hosts of others
I agree with John's point regarding lack of advertising for ARRL DX Contest. As a small pistol on the other side of the pond, I must say I was quite disappointed in the amount of North American parti
I'm a little surprised at the responses to my earlier post on this subject. I really think most of the callers think they are helping you when they answer - in fact some have told me so - and they wo
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 18:43:39 -0400
I still say giving them a contact without telling them it doesn't count in the contest makes it worse for everyone. Marv N5AW My response sometimes (usually on CW) is to ignore, but I found that it w